Course Description - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology

Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Catalog 2005
students. Topics may vary from semester to semester.
S/U grading.
MCS 493 Topics in Mechatronics I 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: None
New topics or areas of study not offered in other
Mechatronics courses. Topics may vary from semester to
semester.
MCS 494 Topics in Mechatronics II 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: None
New topics or areas of study not offered in other
Mechatronics courses. Topics may vary from semester to
semester. Topic covered is different from TCS 493.
MCS 495 Special Problems in Mechatronics 3(0‐9‐0)
Prerequisite: Senior standing
Special problems in Mechatronics assigned according to
each student's needs, interests, and capabilities.
Students are required to submit complete investigation
reports and present investigation results to their
committee appointed by the department.
MES 300 Engineering Drawing 3(2‐3‐4)
Prerequisite: None
Introduction to basic principle of engineering drawing
including lettering, applied geometry, orthographic
drawing and sketching, sectional views and conventions,
detail drawing, assembly drawing, dimensioning, three
dimensioning, basic descriptive geometry dealing with
points, lines & planes and their relationship in space and
basic developed views. Introduction to computer
graphics.
MES 302 Introduction to Computer Aided 2(1‐3‐2)
Design
Prerequisite: MES 300 or consent of Head of School
Use of industrial Computer Aided Design Software for
detail design and drafting in various engineering fields
such as in mechanical, civil, and telecommunications.
Introduction to three‐dimensional wireframe, surfacing
and solid modeling using CAD tools.
MES 303 Mechanical Engineering Training 0(0‐0‐0)
Prerequisite: Junior Standing
Students are required to obtain practical training in the
field of mechanical engineering at selected private
sectors or governmental departments for not less than
160 hours during summer vacation of the third year. The
objective is to allow the students to have opportunities
to experience actual working conditions other than what
learned in the classrooms and laboratories. Students
must submit a report at the end of the training period,
Satisfactory (S) or unsatisfactory (U) grade will be given
based on student’s performance, quality of the report
and supervisor’s comments.
MES 310 Thermodynamics 3(3‐1‐5)
(For non‐mechanical engineering students)
Prerequisite: None
Definitions and basic concepts. SI units. Properties of
pure substances and ideal gases. Heat and work. First
and second laws of thermodynamics and their
applications. Entropy. Power and refrigeration cycles
and equipment including gas turbine, internal
combustion engines and steam power plant. Basic heat
transfer.
MES 311 Thermodynamics 3(3‐1‐5)
Prerequisite: None
Basic concepts. Work and heat. Zeroth law of
thermodynamics, temperature and its measurement. The
first law of thermodynamics and energy. Pure substances
and their properties. The first law for steady flow
process and enthalpy. The second law of
thermodynamics and thermodynamic heat engines.
Reversibility and irreversibility. Entropy. Ideal gas.
Mixtures.
MES 231 Engineering Mechanics 3(3‐1‐5)
(For non‐mechanical engineering students)
Prerequisites: SCS138 or consent of Head of School
Force systems; resultants; equilibrium; trusses; frames
and machines; internal force diagrams; mass and
geometric properties of objects; fluid statics; kinematics
and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies; Newton’s
second law of motion.
MES 321 Heat Transfer 3(3–0–6)
Prerequisite: MES 310 or MES 311 or EMS 211 or
consent of Head of School
Steady‐state conduction. Natural convection. Forced
convection. Thermal radiation. Unsteady‐state
conduction. Combined heat transfer problems.
Condensation and boiling heat transfer. Heat
exchangers.
MES 331 Solid Mechanics I 3(3‐1‐5)
Prerequisite: SCS 138 or consent of Head of School
Concepts of internal force and stress and deformation
and strain. Analysis of stress and strain, Mohr’s circles
for stress and strain, stress‐strain relationship. Stress
and strain in thin‐walled pressure vessels. Thermal
stresses. Energy method. Torsion of circular shaft, thinwalled
tubes, and close‐coiled helical spring. Shear
force, bending moment and bending stress in beams.
Deflection of beams.
MES 332 Solid Mechanics II 3(3–0–6)
Prerequisite: MES 331 or consent of Head of School
Generalized concepts of strain and Hooke’s law. Thickwalled
cylinders and shrink fits. Rotating discs. Opencoiled
helical springs and impact loads. Axisymmetric
bending of circular plates. Buckling of columns. Use of
Mohr’s circles for transformation of stress and strain,
yield and fracture criteria. Virtual work and energy
methods.
MES 333 Design of Machine Elements 3(3–0–6)
Prerequisite: MES 331 or consent of Head of School
Theories of failure for static and dynamic loading. Design
of mechanical components such as rotating shafts,
bearing, welding, screw, springs and power transmission
devices. Introduction to the use of computer as a tool in
problem solving of mechanical design.
MES 341 Fluid Dynamics 3(3‐1‐5)
Prerequisite: SCS 138 or consent of Head of School
Motion of fluid particles and stream lines. Momentum
equation and applications. Energy equation and
applications. Laminar and turbulent internal flows.
Flow of fluid around a body. Boundary layers. Similarity
and dimensional analysis. Theories and designs of
centrifugal and axial‐flow pumps, fans, water turbines
and cavitation. Flows in open channels. Compressible
flow.
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